Men's Soccer

St. Lawrence Edges Out MIT, 3-2, in NCAA Tournament

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's soccer team
saw its record-breaking season come to an end following a 3-2 loss
to St. Lawrence University in the first round of the NCAA Division
III Men's Soccer Championship Tournament on Saturday. The Engineers
closed the campaign with a ledger of 16-4-2.

Both sides had several opportunities to open the scoring early
in the first half, but neither squad could capitalize on its
chances. An hour-long lightning delay with 1:24 left in the frame
did not stop MIT's building momentum. Coming out of the break, a
foul gave the Engineers the ball at the top of the box. With four
seconds on the clock, Christian
Therkelsen sent the free kick into the top right corner for his
16th goal of the season and Institute-record 40th point.

The Cardinal and Gray extended its advantage in the 53rd minute
when Andrew
Bishara converted a penalty kick. The senior midfielder faked
St. Lawrence's goalie, who dove left as he sent a low ball to the
right side of the net.

The Saints cut their deficit in half eight minutes later on a
strike by Brendan Gorman. Paul LaMarca's shot was initially stopped
by MIT goalie Tom Caldwell, but
Gorman gathered the rebound and converted the open-net opportunity.
St. Lawrence continued to attack, tying the game at two in the 74th
minute on Ryan Moore's corner kick that was redirected by Gorman.
The Saints' Paul LaMarca registered what proved to be the
game-winning goal five minutes later, firing a low hard shot from
30 yards out to the right side.

Caldwell collected eight saves for MIT, finishing first all-time
in shutouts (19), second in goals against average (1.50), fourth in
saves (345), fifth in fewest goals allowed (65), and ninth in save
percentage (0.767).